diff --git a/src/eeprom_rlc.cpp b/src/eeprom_rlc.cpp
index f8b724894..3fb70bc86 100644
--- a/src/eeprom_rlc.cpp
+++ b/src/eeprom_rlc.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void EeFsFlush()
 
 uint16_t EeFsGetFree()
 {
-  int16_t ret = 0;
+  int32_t ret = 0;
   blkid_t i = eeFs.freeList;
   while (i) {
     ret += BS-1;